Neuro-functional modeling of near-death experiences in contexts of altered states of consciousness.

ABSTRACT: Near-death experiences (NDEs) including out-of-body experiences (OBEs) have been fascinating phenomena of perception both for affected persons and for communities in science and medicine. Modern progress in the recording of changing brain functions during the time between clinical death and brain death opened the perspective to address and understand the generation of NDEs in brain states of altered consciousness. Changes of consciousness can experimentally be induced in well-controlled clinical or laboratory settings. Reports of the persons having experienced the changes can inform about the similarity of the experiences with those from original NDEs. Thus, we collected neuro-functional models of NDEs including OBEs with experimental backgrounds of drug consumption, epilepsy, brain stimul

SUBMITTER: Romand R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9891231 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature